Luke 3:36 meaning and explanation
the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
Luke 3:36, Berean Standard Bible
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Luke lists Jesus' ancestors here, tracing the line back through Shem and Noah to Adam. This Cainan appears only in Luke's genealogy; the Hebrew text of Genesis 10 and 11 names Arphaxad's son as Shelah, while the Greek Septuagint includes Cainan between them.
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